Drain board



Sept. 17, 1929. MCGREGOR DRAIN BOARD Filed y 10, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTQR Q 5M W ATTORNEY;

Sept. 17, 1929. J. A. McGREGOR DRAIN BOARD 2 SheetrSheet Filed May 10, 1928 ATTORNEYS Patented Sept. 17, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT' OFFICE JAMES A. MOGREGOR, F CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASS IGNOB TO THE VITREOUS ENAMEL- ING COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND,

DRAIN Application filed May 10,

This invention relates to drain boards, and more particularly to a one-piece sheet metal drain board arranged to cooperate with a sink or a tub.

An object of the invention is to provide a one-piece sheet metal drain board of rigid and economical construction. Other objects are to provide a sheet metal drain board arranged to be vitreous enameled and so shaped as to expose no unfinlshed or rough edges to the hands during manual manipulation thereof, and so as to inhibit chipping or other deterioration of such vltreous enamel. Further objects are to provide drain board portions of suitable shape to hold in position bumpers for contact with a sink or tub whereby additional fastening means, such as rivets or bolts, need not be emplo ed. Another object is to provide a draini:

or a tub to maintain itself in desired position relative to said sink or tub.

Other objects of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the written disclosure herein made and from the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a drain board according to this invention associated with a tub;

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the drain board illustrated in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 3

Fig. 5 is a transverse section partly broken away, taken on line 55 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a plan View showing a modified form of drain board associated in hinged relation with a tub;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary end view partly broken away, of the drain board and tub shown in Fig. 6; and

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary front elevation of the drain board and tub shown in Fig. 6.

In Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, I have illustrated a form of drain board having a portion arranged to overlie and hook onto one side of a tub or sink and having a spout portion arranged to overlie another side or longitudinal section on,

oard shaped to cooperate with a sink OHIO, A CORPORATION or 0x10 BOARD 1928. Serial No. 276,608.

partition of said tub or sink. This drain board 1 is shown as comprising a relatively flat body portion 2, a spout portion 4 and hook portion 3. The book portion 3 is arranged to overlie and cooperate with a wall 5 of a tub or sink 6, and the spout portion 4 is arranged to overlie and cooperate with another wall or partition 7 of the tub 6. Adjacent the sides of the drain board 1 extend the raised beads 8, which beads preferably fade out at the outer ends of the spout and hook portions, as indicated at 9 and 10, respectively. At the outer sides of the beads 8 are the depending flanges 11, which extend preferably below the plane of the body 2. From the lower edges of the depending flanges 11 the flange portions 12 extend inwardly at substantially right an gles to said depending flanges. Flange portions 12 and 12 extend inwardly from the outer edges of the spout portion 4 and hook portion 3, the flange portions 12, 12 and 12 together forming the peripheral inwardly extending flange 12.

Drain grooves 13 may be formed in the body portion 2 in order more readily to conduct liquid toward the spout portion 4. In order to facilitate the draining of liquid from the drain board, the body 2 may be inclined downwardly toward the spout portion as indicated in Fig. 3, or, if the body portion 2 is disposed in a horizontal plane, the drain grooves 13 may be made of variable depth, increasing toward the spout portion 4. For the above-mentioned draining purposes, it is convenient, however, to-

dispose the body portion 2 in inclined p0- sition, particularly where one tub wall is higher than the other, as in the case of the walls 5 and 7.

To serve as contacting members with a sink or tub and for the purpose of holding the drain board in desired position relative thereto, 1' have provided an advantageous form of bumper. Thus, the bumpers 1.4 are shown as having a portion 15 arranged to be secured within a space 16 defined by the beads 8 and flanges 11 and 12, and having a portion 16 arranged to extend below the flange 12 to contact with a tub 6. The

bumpers 14 preferably may be made of soft rubber, or similar material, which may be compressed sufliciently to dispose the porti.on 15 within the space 16. However, it will be obvious that a wide variety of materials might be employed for the bumpers 14, my invention not being limited to any particular material therefor. In placing the bumpers 14: (Fig. 3) in their respective positions, said bumpers may be associated with the space 16 at any suitable place, as along the sides of the drain board and then slid along the space 16 to desired positions, such as indicated in the drawings. Obvi ously, the bumpers associated with the hook or spout portions respectively may be of different sizes to give any desired inclination to the body portion 2. Ordinarily,

however, with a drain board having a hook portion, I prefer for convenience to employ bumpers 14 of uniform size, the drain board itself being preferably so proportioned as to givea desired inclination for draining.

The drain board 1, which is preferably vitreous enameled, may of coursebe associated with either section of the tub 6 shown in Fig. 1, and may be manipulated to associate or disassociate the drain board with either tub section. By reason of the inwardly extending flange 12 not only is a rigid construction provided but the drain board may be readily manipulated manually without contact of the fingers with the edge of the sheet metal, and without danger of thereby bruising the fingers. Furthermore, by reason of said inwardly extending flange, the edge of the sheet metal may not be readily struck edgewise in handling to cause chipping or other deterioration of the vitreous enamel.

In Figs. 6, 7 and 8, I have illustrated a modified form of drain board according to this invention, said drain board being shown as not provided with a hook portion and as arranged to be hinged to a tub. The drain board 17 is shown as having a relatively flat body portion 18, a spout portion 19 and a raised beaded edge 20 extending from one side of said spout portion around the body portion to the other side of said spout portion, and fading out at the outer edge 21 of the spout portion 19. The spout portion is shown as curved downwardly from the body portion 18 and as arranged to overlie the wall or partition 22 of a tub 28, and as arranged to direct liquid over said wall 22. At the outer side of the bead 20 is a depending flange 24 which extends preferably below the plane of the body portion 18, and extending inwardly from the lower edge of said depending flange 24 is an inwardly extending flange portion 25. Flange portion 25 extends inwardly from the outer edge of the spout portion 19 and connects with the flange portion 27 to form the peripheral inwardly extending flange 28. Grooves 26 may be provided in l the body portion 18 to direct liquid toward the spout portion 19. Bumpers 29 similar to the bumpers 14 may be disposed at desired intervals within the space 30 formed by the bead 20 and flanges 24 and 28 to contact with portions of the tub 23.

The desired draining effect toward the spout portion 19 may be obtained in any suitable manner. Thus, in the manufacture of the drain board, the body portion 18 maybe inclined with respect to the plane of the inwardly extending flange 28 or the grooves 26 may be downwardly inclined toward the spout portion 19 or, as indicated in Fig. 8, bumpers 29 of varying vertical dimension may be employedso as to cause the body portion 18 to incline downwardly toward the spout portion 19.

The depending flange 24 is shown as provided along the longitudinal sides of the drain board with sets of apertures bl, well known in theart, whereby hinges 32 may be readily secured to either longitudinal side of the drain board 17. The drain board may thus beemployed to cover either of a pair of tubs.

It will be understood, of course, that in certain cases the bumpers 29 may be omitted and the inwardly extending flange 28 or portion thereof permitted to rest directly upon the upper surface of a tub 28. The drain board 17 is preferably vitreous enameled, in order to provide a desirable permanent surface finish.

ltwill thus be seen that I have provided an advantageous one piece sheet metal drain board of rigid construction, so arranged that said drain board may be manually manipulated without requiring the hands to contact with the edges of the sheet metal, and so arranged to inhibit the chipping or other deterioration of vitreous enamel disposed on said drain board.

It will further be noted that I have provided a drain board having advantageous bumpers which may be retained in desired position without the use of additional fastening 'means.

Furthermore, it is to be understood that the particular forms of apparatus shown and described, are presented for purposes of explanation and illustration and that various modifications of said apparatus can be made without departing from my invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A one-piece sheet metal drain board comprising, in combination, a relatively flat body portion, a spout port-ion arranged to overlie a wall of a sink, beads extending along the side edges of said body portion, flanges depending from said beads, flange portions extending inwardly of the lower 1,72aoo2 edges of said depending flanges, said inwardly extending flange portions being connected b a flange portion extending inwardly rom the outer edge of said spout portion, whereby to form a continuous inwardly extending flange.

2. A single piece sheet metal drain board for a sink, comprising a relatively flat body portion having a spout portion disposed to overlie a wall of said sink, said spout portion having an inwardly extending flange at its marginal edge, beads extending along the sides of said body portion and fading out adjacent the outer end of said spout portion, depending flanges formed along the outer edges of said beads and each having a continuous inturned marginal flange merging into said inwardly extending marginal flange of said spout portion, and resilient blocks carried within the grooves formed by said beads and inturned flanges adjacent said spout portion, said blocks extending below said inturned flanges to resiliently support said drain board on said sink wall.

3. A removable single piece drain board adapted to be supported by transverse walls of a sink to cover a compartment thereof, comprising a relatively flat body portion having parallel spout and hook portions at opposite ends thereof to overlie wall portions of said sink, said spout and hook portions being curved downwardl and terminating in inwardly extending fl anges, longitudinally extending beads at opposite sides of said body portion extending into said spout and hook portions, said beads having (epending flanges continuous with said downwardly curved portions of said spout and hook portions, and inturned marginal flanges on said depending flanges merging into said inwardly extending flanges of said spout and hook portions.

4. A removable single piece drain board adapted to be supported by transverse walls of asink to cover a com artment thereof, comprising a relatively at body portion having parallel spout and hook portions at opposite ends thereof to overlie wall portions of said sink, said spout and hook portions being curved downwardly, longitudinally extending beads at opposite sides of said body portion extending into said spout and hook portions, said beads having depending flanges continuous with said downwardly curved portions of said spout and hook portions, a continuous inturned flange formed around the marginal edges of said depending flanges and of said downwardly curved portions of said spout and hook portions, the free edge of said continuous flange being spaced outwardly from the juncture of said beads with the body portion of said drain board, and resilient blocks disposed within the grooves formed by said ture.

JAMES A. MoGREGOR. 

